WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 212 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF VERMONT...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT ON WEDNESDAY.
THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS FROM LUDLOW TO NORTHFIELD TO WALDEN.
* GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE MIXED
WINTRY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH
LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
BY MID-MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES WARM ALOFT...SNOW WILL MIX WITH
AND CHANGE TO SLEET...AND THEN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE ENDING
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM
WILL BE FELT WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...ACCOMPANIED
BY LOW VISIBILITY AND GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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